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Here’s Hoping the Launching Pad Can Get Back on Course
By Nick Reiher There was such promise. Two partners in life and in business pooled most if not all of…
You Do You This Holiday Season
Did you have a nice Thanksgiving? Notice I didn’t say happy. Though we have many reasons to be thankful, if…
The Old Courthouse Is Coming Down, Saints Preserve Us!
By Nick Reiher Editor Unless there is a last-minute stay of execution, the former Will County Courthouse in Downtown Joliet…
New Friends Are Wonderful, But Old Friends Are Gold
By Nick Reiher Editor I am blessed. Not just because Pastor Jana blessed me for putting our church’s first craft…
My View: Sorry to Have Left You Hanging
By Nick Reiher Editor Following the October 3 Joliet City Council meeting I was watching at home, I posted a…
After 102 Years, We’re Ready for the 20th Century
Thursday, June 30, 2011, started out like any other during the previous six months or so: Sword of Damocles hanging…
No Joke: Our Priorities Are Screwed Up
I pay attention to grammar and punctuation. It goes with the job, and more than that, I know the nun…
No Way I Could Do This Alone, Or Want To
A few weeks ago, former Will County judge Roman Okrei complimented me on a column he read in Farmers Weekly…
As I Navigate Life, Summer Flies By
Summer is kinda like New Year’s, except a lot less cold. At least for now. As summer approaches, I make…
Memories of Ice Cream, Comic Books and Baseball Cards
I’m a member of a Joliet Facebook group that discusses mostly fond memories of long-gone businesses, restaurants, stores, trips with…
Time to Get Off the Bench and into the Peanut Gallery
I debated writing about this or how to write about it since I might be considered a whiny beeyatch. Or…
How to Get Rid of Squirrels without a .22
A friend and I recently were talking about our mutual dealings with high blood pressure. I chuckled when I told…